diff --git a/lib/rack/attack.rb b/lib/rack/attack.rb
index 0265f4b..91baafd 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module Rack::Attack
 
       # Set defaults
       @notifier ||= ActiveSupport::Notifications if defined?(ActiveSupport::Notifications)
-      @blacklisted_response ||= lambda {|env| [403, {}, ["Unauthorized\n"]] }
+      @blacklisted_response ||= lambda {|env| [403, {}, ["Forbidden\n"]] }
       @throttled_response   ||= lambda {|env|
         retry_after = env['rack.attack.match_data'][:period] rescue nil
         [429, {'Retry-After' => retry_after.to_s}, ["Retry later\n"]]
diff --git a/spec/rack_attack_spec.rb b/spec/rack_attack_spec.rb
index fc13c25..89bfc51 100644
--- a/spec/rack_attack_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rack_attack_spec.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ describe 'Rack::Attack' do
       it "should return a blacklist response" do
         get '/', {}, 'REMOTE_ADDR' => @bad_ip
         last_response.status.must_equal 403
+        last_response.body.must_equal "Forbidden\n"
       end
       it "should tag the env" do
         last_request.env['rack.attack.matched'].must_equal "ip #{@bad_ip}"